pregnateadj.

Brit.

/ˈprɛɡnət/,

/ˈprɛɡneɪt/, U.S.

/ˈprɛɡˌneɪt/,

/ˈprɛɡnət/

Forms: 1500s– pregnate, 1600s pregnat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praegnātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin praegnātus pregnant (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also used figuratively (6th cent.), use as adjective of past participle of praegnāre to make pregnant < praegnāt- , praegnās pregnant (see pregnant adj.¹ and n.). Compare Catalan prenyat (13th cent.), Spanish preñado (c1196 as prennada), Portuguese prenhado (1008 as preniata), all in sense ‘with child’.Finite forms of classical Latin praegnāre are not attested until later (5th cent.).

rare (literary in later use).

= pregnant adj.¹ (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance

worthlyeOE

mickleeOE

greatc1225

right hand?c1225

solemna1387

materialc1475

superior1526

grand1542

weighty1558

main1581

pregnant1591

pregnate1598

materious1611

moliminous1642

momentous1656

magic1696

all-important1748

big1748

eventful1756

colossal1775

bread and butter1822

bada1825

key1832

all-absorbing1834

earth-moving?1834

earth-shaking1835

earth-shatteringa1859

high-ranking1874

beaucoup1917

major league1951

earth-stopping1956

crucial1957

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]

greatc1175

with childc1175

with childc1300

baggeda1400

bounda1400

pregnant?a1425

quicka1450

greaterc1480

heavyc1480

teeming1530

great-bellied1533

big1535

boundenc1540

impregnate1540

great-wombeda1550

young with child1566

gravid1598

pregnate1598

pagled1599

enceinte1602

child-great1605

conceived1637

big-bellieda1646

brooding1667

in the (also a) family way1688

in the (also that) way1741

undelivered1799

ensient1818

enwombeda1822

in a delicate condition1827

gestant1851

in pod1890

up the (also a) pole1918

in a particular condition1922

preg?1927

in the spud line1937

up the spout1937

preggy1938

up the stick1941

preggers1942

in pig1945

primigravid1949

preggo1951

in a certain condition1958

gestating1961

up the creek1961

in the (pudding) cluba1966

gravidated-

1598 tr. E. Roesslin Birth of Mankinde (new ed.) ii. vii. 133 Hipocrates saith, the pregnate [1572, ?1585 pregnaunt] woman which hath Tenasmus, for the most part abhorteth.

1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie 71 Some melancholious fit Molests your Joviall sprite and pregnat wit.

1656 R. Fletcher tr. Martial Epigrams ii. xxxvii, in Ex Otio Negotium 17 What's here and there thou dost purloyn, A pregnat sow's papps, a hoggs chine.

1886 E. Pfeiffer Sonnets 20 All devouring Fire, Who made his body thine with love as dire; Air pregnate with his breath.

1970 Hist. Teacher 3 63 Cranmer..made the King's marriage to the pregnate Anne legal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pregnatev.

Brit.

/prɛɡˈneɪt/, U.S.

/prɛɡˈneɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praegnāt-, praegnāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praegnāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praegnāre to make pregnant (see pregnate adj.). Compare earlier impregnate v.

transitive and intransitive = impregnate v. (in various senses). Also: to make or become fertile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)]

geta1375

to beget with childa1393

impregn?c1550

season1555

enwomb1590

knock1598

with-child1605

fill1607

fertilitate1638

ingravidate1642

impregnate1646

improlificate1646

prolificate1650

pregnant1660

pregnate1686

fecundate1721

fecundify1736

to knock up1813

to put in the family way1898

inseminate1923

to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936

stork1936

to put in the way1960

1686 N. Tate Syphilis 64 A brisker Gale Forthwith descends and pregnates ev'ry Sail.

1703 J. Oldmixon Amores Britannici 17 When with new force the Sun his Beams displays. And Nature pregnates with the Genial rays.

1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. i. 6 Backward soils, which are long a pregnating in the Spring.

1795 Let. from Chancellor 36 Really every day pregnates with misery and engenders sorrow.

1914 M. W. Harper Breeding of Farm Animals xxii. 244 Rams vary in prolificacy, although the number of ewes they are able to pregnate will depend much on their management during the mating season.

1924 Science 24 Sept. 297/2 Benzol used in pregnating cord tire fabric may be recovered.

1992 Eng. Today Apr. 59/3 Africans fill the English gap in their own ways. The commonest is, for example, ‘He pregnated my eldest sister’.

1999 O. Areola in W. M. Adams et al. Physical Geogr. Afr. viii. 144 Some profiles have a clay-enriched argic B horizon pregnated with calcium carbonate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pregnate
释义	pregnateadj. Brit. /ˈprɛɡnət/, /ˈprɛɡneɪt/, U.S. /ˈprɛɡˌneɪt/, /ˈprɛɡnət/ Forms: 1500s– pregnate, 1600s pregnat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praegnātus. Etymology: < classical Latin praegnātus pregnant (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also used figuratively (6th cent.), use as adjective of past participle of praegnāre to make pregnant < praegnāt- , praegnās pregnant (see pregnant adj.¹ and n.). Compare Catalan prenyat (13th cent.), Spanish preñado (c1196 as prennada), Portuguese prenhado (1008 as preniata), all in sense ‘with child’.Finite forms of classical Latin praegnāre are not attested until later (5th cent.). rare (literary in later use). = pregnant adj.¹ (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > of high or great importance worthlyeOE mickleeOE greatc1225 right hand?c1225 solemna1387 materialc1475 superior1526 grand1542 weighty1558 main1581 pregnant1591 pregnate1598 materious1611 moliminous1642 momentous1656 magic1696 all-important1748 big1748 eventful1756 colossal1775 bread and butter1822 bada1825 key1832 all-absorbing1834 earth-moving?1834 earth-shaking1835 earth-shatteringa1859 high-ranking1874 beaucoup1917 major league1951 earth-stopping1956 crucial1957 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] greatc1175 with childc1175 with childc1300 baggeda1400 bounda1400 pregnant?a1425 quicka1450 greaterc1480 heavyc1480 teeming1530 great-bellied1533 big1535 boundenc1540 impregnate1540 great-wombeda1550 young with child1566 gravid1598 pregnate1598 pagled1599 enceinte1602 child-great1605 conceived1637 big-bellieda1646 brooding1667 in the (also a) family way1688 in the (also that) way1741 undelivered1799 ensient1818 enwombeda1822 in a delicate condition1827 gestant1851 in pod1890 up the (also a) pole1918 in a particular condition1922 preg?1927 in the spud line1937 up the spout1937 preggy1938 up the stick1941 preggers1942 in pig1945 primigravid1949 preggo1951 in a certain condition1958 gestating1961 up the creek1961 in the (pudding) cluba1966 gravidated- 1598 tr. E. Roesslin Birth of Mankinde (new ed.) ii. vii. 133 Hipocrates saith, the pregnate [1572, ?1585 pregnaunt] woman which hath Tenasmus, for the most part abhorteth. 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie 71 Some melancholious fit Molests your Joviall sprite and pregnat wit. 1656 R. Fletcher tr. Martial Epigrams ii. xxxvii, in Ex Otio Negotium 17 What's here and there thou dost purloyn, A pregnat sow's papps, a hoggs chine. 1886 E. Pfeiffer Sonnets 20 All devouring Fire, Who made his body thine with love as dire; Air pregnate with his breath. 1970 Hist. Teacher 3 63 Cranmer..made the King's marriage to the pregnate Anne legal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pregnatev. Brit. /prɛɡˈneɪt/, U.S. /prɛɡˈneɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praegnāt-, praegnāre. Etymology: < classical Latin praegnāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praegnāre to make pregnant (see pregnate adj.). Compare earlier impregnate v. transitive and intransitive = impregnate v. (in various senses). Also: to make or become fertile. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)] geta1375 to beget with childa1393 impregn?c1550 season1555 enwomb1590 knock1598 with-child1605 fill1607 fertilitate1638 ingravidate1642 impregnate1646 improlificate1646 prolificate1650 pregnant1660 pregnate1686 fecundate1721 fecundify1736 to knock up1813 to put in the family way1898 inseminate1923 to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936 stork1936 to put in the way1960 1686 N. Tate Syphilis 64 A brisker Gale Forthwith descends and pregnates ev'ry Sail. 1703 J. Oldmixon Amores Britannici 17 When with new force the Sun his Beams displays. And Nature pregnates with the Genial rays. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. i. 6 Backward soils, which are long a pregnating in the Spring. 1795 Let. from Chancellor 36 Really every day pregnates with misery and engenders sorrow. 1914 M. W. Harper Breeding of Farm Animals xxii. 244 Rams vary in prolificacy, although the number of ewes they are able to pregnate will depend much on their management during the mating season. 1924 Science 24 Sept. 297/2 Benzol used in pregnating cord tire fabric may be recovered. 1992 Eng. Today Apr. 59/3 Africans fill the English gap in their own ways. The commonest is, for example, ‘He pregnated my eldest sister’. 1999 O. Areola in W. M. Adams et al. Physical Geogr. Afr. viii. 144 Some profiles have a clay-enriched argic B horizon pregnated with calcium carbonate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598v.1686
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